Crossword-Solution: INQUILINE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Inquiline | n. | A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “INQUILINE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Animal that sponges on another | 1 answer |
| COMMENSAL | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AAER
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with INQUILINE (5)
Inquiline: a species living in a gall or other structure prepared by a different species, not as a parasite but as, a guest.
Friese, the relations between the host and the inquiline are quite friendly, and the insects if they meet in the nest-galleries courteously get out of each other's way.
Sharp, in commenting on this strange behaviour, points out that the host can have no idea why the inquiline haunts her nest.
INQUILINE, in'kwi-lin, _adj._ living in the abode of another, as a pea-crab in an oyster-shell.--_n._ an animal so living.--_adj._ INQUIL[=I]'NOUS.
These later stages, comprising the greater part of the larval history, are adapted for an inquiline or a parasitic life, where shelter is assured and food abundant, while the short-lived, active condition enables the newly-hatched insect to make its way to the spot favourable for its future development, clinging, for example, in the case of an oil-beetle's larva, to the hairs of a bee as she flies towards her nest.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1970).